Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave everything he could give in Game 6 of the Japan Series.
The Orix Buffaloes' 23-year-old ace had the game in his hands for nine innings on Saturday night at Hotto Motto Field Kobe, where the temperature dipped to 7 degrees Celsius at one point.
Yamamoto threw 141 pitches — the most he's ever thrown — and allowed just one run while striking out 11, the first double-digit strikeout performance in a Japan Series game since 2018 and the 25th overall.
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